Ursula von der Leyen, Trump and Europe
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European Commission chief is a “featherweight” negotiator, Hungarian PM fumes after an EU-U.S. trade deal was agreed.
EADaily, July 29th, 2025. US President Donald Trump and the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, at talks in Scotland on July 27, discussed, among other things, the issue of shortening the introduction of 100 percent US duties against Russia's trading partners.
The rate will apply in addition to individual “reciprocal” tariffs targeting countries with which the US runs a trade deficit.
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President Donald Trump is getting his way with the world economy. Trading partners from the European Union to Japan to Vietnam appear to be acceding to his demands to accept higher costs in the form of high tariffs.